Construction

Many construction workers coming to Coos Bay for gas export terminal

At the peak of construction, about 2,100 people will be working on the export terminal and another 1,400 on a related pipeline.

COOS BAY, Ore. (AP) — The company behind a proposed liquefied natural gas export terminal in Coos Bay is telling residents to get ready for a potential influx of hundreds of construction workers — and their paychecks.

Chuck Deister, labor liaison and lobbyist for the Jordan Cove Energy Project, told the Bay Area Chamber of Commerce recently that officials are making plans to minimize the impacts on traffic and housing, the Coos Bay World reported.